America 1979

Chapter 97 The Unlucky Founder
March NO.18, Thursday afternoon.

"...Our spring training only lasts for three months, but it will affect the whole season. In the future free training time, you should regularly strengthen squats, bench press and other items..."

In the equipment area, some players who finished their upper body strength training were listening to the instructions of physical fitness assistant Frank, but before they could finish speaking, another person ran over to interrupt Frank.

"What time is it, what nonsense are you talking about, the meeting will start soon, children, hurry to the football field."

Robbins Miller moved in a hurry, waving his hands to make the dozen or so people who participated in the special training move.

"Shouldn't we wash it first? We are sweating and smell so bad. Those fans who have season tickets may feel that we don't respect them." Martin Kent questioned.

Bill explained to him, "Let's go like this, let them see our appearance after hard training. Only the sweat all over our body can prove that we are really preparing for the game seriously. Only soft rice men can make themselves delicious and meet fans."

Compared with the NFL and high school leagues, the number of college games is less, so the off-season becomes longer. From January to September, there is almost no chance of exposure on the field. In order to maintain the popularity and consolidate the fan base, The school teams choose to hold regular spring training observations and fan meetings. Of course, these activities require money.

"That's the reason. There is no athlete who doesn't smell bad. When people snatch the jerseys off the field, they also take the smelliest one. The more smelly the original sneakers after playing, the higher the price they sell at the auction house." Push While watching the players walk out, Robbins made an exaggerated analogy.

What he said is naturally false. The price of original sneakers depends on its owner, not the smell.

Naturally, there is no need to put on anti-collision liners, shoulder armor and other protective equipment when physical fitness is strengthened, but in order to show sincerity, Robbins asked this group of people to go to the locker room to change before going to meet the fans.

"In the season without games, we must unconditionally meet any demands of the fans."

The weather was fine, and the sea breeze from the Pacific Ocean was blowing gently, giving people a feeling of being on the beach. In the football field, at least [-] men, women and children in casual sportswear were eagerly waiting for the Cardinals to make their debut.

According to the team's ranking, the quarterback and the starting pocket five form the first row, appearing in the sight of these patrons.

Bill and other freshmen are almost in the last row, but it doesn't matter, the ones who come out first will definitely attract the most firepower.Although the left and right tackles and other positions look a little bloated, he is also a muscular man. At fan meetings, it is common to be robbed.

"I don't wear perfume, Bill, smell it, does my armpit smell a little bit?"

There was still a distance, and Adam asked his roommate to help him judge whether his body odor was serious or not.

"You don't need to smell it, just clamp your arms tightly."

Mr. Ferrari would not lower his head to smell. Just after exercising, the smell of the whole team can kill people. The smelly feet, sweat, and body odor all show their powers. It is not smelly to pick out an Adam alone.

Naturally, the fans don't care too much about these small things like smell. In fact, their own body odor is not small, but they just suppress it with bathing and perfume, and they don't show it.

The atmosphere of the meet and greet was very frenzied. Captain and quarterback John Wirth was crowded in the center by hundreds of people asking for autographs and group photos. If the coaching staff hadn’t been experienced, four tall and strong assistants would have surrounded him in advance. The underpants can be stripped off and framed as souvenirs.

The less popular ones are the starting wide receivers, running backs, tight ends, centers, tackles, etc. They are also surrounded by a large circle of people.The rest of the crowd was much easier. Fans who couldn't get close to the star players took pens and jerseys, looking for the less popular red and white team members to sign.

"Hi, I'm David Brown. Could Mr. Bill Ferrari have my autograph?"

A tall, thin boy asked in a low voice to No. 88, who was surrounded by three or four fair-haired, curvy white women, two fat men, and a family.

"No problem at all, I'll sign it for you now."

Bill was worried that no one would pull him out of this bunch of greasy fans, so he readily agreed to autograph the boy.

After saying sorry to the big waves, he rushed out of the crowd, stuck to this David Brown, and picked up his jersey and pen.

"That catch of yours was really beautiful, my high school classmates said your big hands are the best for catching a football coming from any direction..."

David imitated Bill at the Rose Bowl and made a move to catch the ball with his lower back.

"I also think the touch of the ball was good that day..."

Mr. Ferrari began to brag about himself, and the Italian style has begun to affect his usual speaking habits. In more relaxed scenes, Bill would subconsciously speak big.

After that, there were several female fans who came over because of their handsome faces, but they were all quickly dismissed by Bill using David as an excuse, until a couple came to Bill with their beautiful daughter.

"Sorry, David, I have to talk to them." He shrugged, agreed, and turned to talk to the couple, while telling a joke to their daughter, who was shaking with laughter.

The atmosphere was always harmonious, and 2 minutes later, Robbins suddenly approached No. 88, pulled him away from his beautiful daughter, and dragged him to a place with few people to chat privately.

"What's the matter with you? Why did you neglect the Brown family just now?"

The deputy head of the accounting group asked a question.

"Is it just David? I chatted with him for a long time, so it's not cold!" Bill explained.

"That's the governor's second son. The star players on the team are surrounded by people, and there's no time to entertain him. Your reputation is not low, and you're free, and he has feelings for you, so you can accompany him the whole time."

After Robbins gave the order, he walked away for two steps and then turned back, "Stop entangled with the beautiful girl. You can do whatever you want when you are free, and you have to obey the team's arrangement today."

"I understand that there must be a pure friendship with him." Bill assured him.

This is the magic of rugby fans. People from all walks of life and from all walks of life can be fans of a football team.

The red and white team has little advantage in California, at least two or three other university teams share the fan base.The professional team next door, the Forty-Nines, is different. Most of the local football fans are fans of the Forty-Nines. Even quite a few Californians don’t know who the governor is, but they can tell the quarterbacks of the Forty-Nines. name.

After being reminded, Bill locked the position of the governor's son, went around in a circle and pretended to meet David Brown by chance, and communicated in depth again, making the boy feel the team's enthusiasm and care for fans throughout the process.

After Bill told the story of him and the team, as well as all the football games he knew, the topic suddenly became cold, so Mr. Ferrari had to bring up interesting stories about him in Fort Hamilton High School. Interested, take the initiative to ask about the best high school athlete in New York City.

In the end, the two struck up a verbal friendship, pledging to send each other regular postcards.

"Phew~ I successfully completed the task you gave me, so I have to give me a salary increase to compensate for the loss of my inability to communicate with that girl." After the fan meeting, Bill, who was going to change clothes, stopped by to Robin Si takes credit.

"This is also an improvement in your network. What do you want from the team?" The deputy head of the accounting team seemed very impatient, but finally agreed to give more nutrition for the next month.

……

Tuesday night, March 23.

"Are you sure you want to take that class? I'm so bored."

In the driving seat of the jeep off-road vehicle, Martin Kent asked his teammate Bill.

"I was moved by their spirit and wanted to see what kind of people such persevering researchers are."

Bill in the passenger seat uttered two nonsense words that he didn't even believe.

Here's the thing.The freshman courses are mainly general education courses and large-scale courses, but students are also allowed to take a water course, such as a freshman seminar that introduces the cutting-edge situation of the industry.

Martin, who is a quarterback, has the better brains among teammates at the same level, so he chose computer science when choosing a major, while Bill chose mathematics and computing science.In contrast, most of the teammates at the same level chose majors with relatively easy professional courses such as sociology, Native American studies, and African studies.

And Martin chose a computer and information society course this semester, because the teacher told the story many times in the class that he managed the computer of the computer science department and created a new technology, but was banned from selling by the school. Martin complained about the teacher several times in the chat.

Bill didn't react at first, but after hearing more and more familiarity with him, he realized that this person might be the unlucky founder of Cisco.

Cisco is a network solution provider, which mainly provides customers with network equipment such as switches and routers, and at the same time provides customers who purchase these equipment with plans and arrangements. Its market value exceeded 5000 billion US dollars at its peak.What is embarrassing is that the two founders of this company withdrew from Cisco's management team in the 90s and sold all their stocks.These shares may have been worth a lot at the time, but it would be unwise to sell them 30 years later.

It's a fight with Li Zekai who sold Tencent stocks back then.

"I really can't understand your thoughts, just like I can't understand why you are going to sell that Mustang."

Martin shook his head and concentrated on driving.

"I just don't like the color of the Mustang. The sapphire blue is a bit aggressive, and the black is low-key."

In a tribute to himself, Bill would never admit that the Ford Mustang was too cramped and uncomfortable to drive.

Mr. Ferrari carefully analyzed why he thought that his uncle's Corolla was good, but he found it inappropriate after buying the Mustang.The reason is very simple. When I drove a Corolla before, I always pretended to be poor, and I never made a spacious and good car. After I came to California and stopped installing it, my thinking didn’t change. , Only to find that a compact car is a piece of rubbish, even a woman with a gun is uncomfortable.

So he decided to find time to change cars.

There are usually very few students in the water class. After arriving in the classroom, Bill took Martin and sat in the first row. He first listened to a section on the history of computers. person's identity.

"I'm also very angry about Stanford's prohibition of letting you sell new technologies. The school is an evil force that suppresses geniuses."

PS: Ask for a recommendation ticket and ask for a monthly ticket.

(End of this chapter)